Joe Jack

Joe Jack is a truck driver and propane salesman at Strickland Propane. He often calls his co-workers "honey" regardless of their gender. He is one of Hank's friends and co-workers. Joe Jack is an alcoholic but rarely gets drunk. He is very overweight, which may or may not be caused by his alcoholism. Additionally, his voice bears a striking similarity to Orville "Hoppy" Jones of the Ink Spots; including his use of "honey", which was a common theme in the spoken word portions of the Ink Spots songs:

Their songs usually began with a guitar riff... the bass would either recite the first half, or ... speak the words... commonly using the words "Honey Child", or "Honey Babe", expressing his love for his darling in the song.

History[]

In his first appearance in "Snow Job", Joe Jack was revealed to be a truck driver for Strickland Propane. When Buck Strickland suffered an infarction and gave temporary control of the company to Lloyd Vickers, Joe Jack was forced to put a tattler box into his truck to detect the driver's movements and idleness. Tired of the device, Joe Jack and other Strickland truck drivers quit their jobs in protest. When Vickers retorted that he could easily hire other truck drivers, Joe Jack laughed and told him that the drivers needed special certifications to handle hazardous materials. Eventually, Joe Jack got his job back after Vickers was fired and Buck returned to his manager duties.

Later in the episode "24 Hour Propane People", Joe Jack alludes to having done time in prison and/or jail. Hank mentioned that Joe Jack tries to avoid paying alimony, indicating that Joe Jack once had a wife.^[2] He has a gambling problem, and besides his wife, he also has an unnamed cousin.^[3] He briefly played on Hank Hill's softball team until an unspecified incident at a Taco Bueno.^[4]